Current Population of India in 2011 Total Male Population in India Total Female Population in India Sex Ratio Age

structure 0 to 25 years

1,210,193,422 (1.21 billion) 623,700,000 (623.7 million) 586,500,000 (586.5 million) 940 females per 1,000 males 50% of India's current population

Currently, there are about 51 births in India in a minute. India's Population in 2001 Population of India in 1947 1.02 billion 350 million

Current Population of India - India, with 1,210,193,422 (1.21 billion) people is the second most populous country in the world, while China is on the top with over 1,350,044,605 (1.35 billion) people. The figures show that India represents almost 17.31% of the world's population, which means one out of six people on this planet live in India. Although, the crown of the world's most populous country is on China's head for decades, India is all set to take the numero uno position by 2030. With the population growth rate at 1.58%, India is predicted to have more than 1.53 billion people by the end of 2030. More than 50% of India's current population is below the age of 25 and over 65% below the age of 35. About 72.2% of the population lives in some 638,000 villages and the rest 27.8% in about 5,480 towns and urban agglomerations. The birth rate (child births per 1,000 people per year) is 22.22 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) while death rate (deaths per 1000 individuals per year) is 6.4 deaths/1,000 population. Fertility rate is 2.72 children born/woman (NFHS-3, 2008) and Infant mortality rate is 30.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 estimated). India has the largest illiterate population in the world. The literacy rate of India as per 2001 Population Census is 65.38%, with male literacy rate at 75.96% and female at 54.28%. Kerala has the highest literacy rate at 90.86%, Mizoram (88.80%) is on the second position and Lakshadweep (86.66%) is on third. Every year, India adds more people than any other nation in the world, and in fact the individual population of some of its states is equal to the total population of many countries. For example, Population of Uttar Pradesh (state in India) almost equals to the population of Brazil. It, as per 2001 Population Census of India, has 190 million people and

the growth rate is 16.16%. The population of the second most populous state Maharashtra, which has a growth rate of 9.42%, is equal to that of Mexico's population. Bihar, with 8.07%, is the third most populous state in India and its population is more than Germany's. West Bengal with 7.79% growth rate, Andhra Pradesh (7.41%) and Tamil Nadu (6.07%) are at fourth, fifth and sixth positions respectively. The sex ratio of India stands at 933. Kerala with 1058 females per 1000 males is the state with the highest female sex ratio. Pondicherry (1001) is second, while Chhatisgarh (990) and Tamil Nadu (986) are at third and fourth places respectively. Haryana with 861 has the lowest female sex ratio. Some of the reasons for India's rapidly growing population are poverty, illiteracy, high fertility rate, rapid decline in death rates or mortality rates and immigration from Bangladesh and Nepal. Alarmed by its swelling population, India started taking measures to stem the growth rate quite early. In fact India by launching the National Family Planning programme in 1952 became the first country in the world to have a population policy. The family planning programme yielded some noticeable results, bringing down significantly the country's fertility rate. In 1965-2009, the contraceptive usage more than tripled and the fertility rate more than halved. The efforts did produce positive results, however, failed to achieve the ultimate goal and the population of India since getting independence from Britain in 1947 increased almost three times. Whereas India has missed almost all its targets to bring the rate of population growth under control, China's 'One Child Policy' in 1978, has brought tremendous results for the latter. The policy claims to have prevented between 250 and 300 million births from 1978 to 2000 and 400 million births from 1979 to 2010.

Current Population of India 2011

Rank State or union territory 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 Uttar Pradesh Maharashtra Bihar West Bengal Andhra Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Tamil Nadu Rajasthan Karnataka Gujarat Odisha Kerala Jharkhand Population (2011 Census) 199,581,477 112,372,972 103,804,637 91,347,736 84,665,533 72,597,565 72,138,958 68,621,012 61,130,704 60,383,628 41,947,358 33,387,677 32,966,238 Density (per km) 828 365 1102 1029 308 236 555 201 319 308 269 859 414 Sex ratio 908 946 916 947 992 930 995 926 968 918 978 1,084 947

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Assam Punjab Haryana Chhattisgarh Jammu and Kashmir Uttarakhand Himachal Pradesh Tripura Meghalaya Manipur Nagaland Goa Arunachal Pradesh Mizoram Sikkim

31,169,272 27,704,236 25,353,081 25,540,196 12,548,926 10,116,752 6,856,509 3,671,032 2,964,007 2,721,756 1,980,602 1,457,723 1,382,611 1,091,014 607,688 16,753,235 1,244,464 1,054,686 379,944 342,853 242,911 64,429 1,210,193,422

397 550 573 189 56 189 123 350 132 122 119 394 17 52 86 9,340 2,598 9,252 46 698 2,169 2,013 382

954 893 877 991 883 963 974 961 986 987 931 968 920 975 889 866 1,038 818 878 775 618 946 940

UT1 Delhi UT2 Puducherry UT3 Chandigarh UT4 Andaman and Nicobar Islands

UT5 Dadra and Nagar Haveli UT6 Daman and Diu UT7 Lakshadweep Total India

Literacy rates:

Literacy Rate in India - To know development in a society, Literacy is another proper indicator of economic development. For purpose of census, a person in age limit of seven and above, who can both write and read with understanding in any of the language is considered as a literate in India. As per 2001 Population Census of India, the Literacy rate of India has shown as improvement at 65.38%. It consists of male literacy rate 75.96% and female literacy rate is 54.28%. Kerala with 90.86% literacy rate is the top state in India. Mizoram and Lakshadweep are at second and third position with 88.80% and 86.66% literacy rate respectively. Bihar with 46% literacy rate is the last in terms of literacy rate in India. Government of India has taken several measures to improve the literacy rate in villages and towns of India. State Governments has been directed to ensure and improve literacy rate in districts and villages where people are very poor. There has been a good improvement in literacy rate of India in last 10 years but there is still a long way to go. List of Steps taken by Government of India to improve Literacy Rate in India:

Free education programs to poor people living in villages and towns. Setting up of new school and colleges at district and state levels. Several committees have been formed to ensure proper utilization of funds allotted to improve literacy rate.

Ranking of States and Union Territories by Literacy Rate State / U.T. Kerala Mizoram Lakshadweep (U.T.) Goa Delhi (U.T.) Chandigarh (U.T.) Literacy Rate 90.92 88.49 87.52 82.32 81.82 81.76 Male Literacy Rate 94.20 90.69 93.15 88.88 87.37 85.65 Female Literacy Rate 87.86 86.13 81.56 75.51 75.00 76.65

Pondicherry (U. T.)

81.49

88.89 86.07 88.40 86.27 86.02 81.47 82.33 84.01 80.50 75.63 76.73 77.58 77.87 79.25 71.77 76.29 77.86 71.93 76.80 75.95 66.14 70.85 76.46 73.32 70.23 64.07 65.75 67.94 60.32

74.13 75.29 70.37 67.51 68.08 65.41 64.55 60.26 58.60 63.55 61.46 60.22 59.70 56.31 61.92 57.45 52.40 56.03 50.28 50.97 60.41 51.17 44.34 42.99 42.98 44.24 41.82 39.38 33.57

Andaman & Nicobar (U.T.) 81.18 Daman & Diu (U.T.) Maharashtra Himachal Pradesh Tripura Tamil Nadu Uttaranchal Gujarat Punjab Sikkim West Bengal Manipur Haryana Nagaland Karnataka Chhatisgarh Assam Madhya Pradesh Orissa Meghalaya Andhra Pradesh Rajasthan Dadra & Nagar Haveli (U.T.) Uttar Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Jammu & Kashmir Jharkhand Bihar 81.09 77.27 77.13 73.66 73.47 72.28 69.97 69.95 69.68 69.22 68.87 68.59 67.11 67.04 65.18 64.28 64.11 63.61 63.31 61.11 61.03 60.03 57.36 54.74 54.46 54.13 47.53

ndia 2011 Total Female Population in India 2011

623,700,000 (623.7 million) 586,500,000 (586.5 million)

Currently, there are about 51 births in India in 1 minute. Current Sex Ratio of India in 2011 is 940 Females/1000 Males. Sex Ratio of India - Sex Ratio is a term used to define number of females per 1000 males. It's a great source to find the equality of males and females in a society at a given period of time. In India Sex Ratio was okay till the time of Independence, thereafter it has declined regularly. According to Census of India 2001, Indian sex ratio has shown some improvement in the last 10 years. It has gone up from 927 in 1991 census to 933 in 2001 census of India. There has been some improvement in the Sex Ratio of India but it has gone in some states very badly like Haryana. The state of Kerala with 1058 has best sex ratio in India. Haryana has the lowest sex ratio of 861 females per 1000 males. So Sex Ratio of India depends from region to region, it varies from state to state also. The states of South India have the best Sex Ratio of females per 1000 males. Some important facts about Sex Ratio of India are presented here:

Kerala with 1058 females per 1000 males has the highest female literacy rate according to 2001 Census of India. The state of Haryana has the lowest female literacy rate in India. In Union Territories of India, Daman and Diu has the lowest female sex ratio while Pondicherry has the highest female sex ratio in India. There is some extent of gender bias in India are responsible for this decline in female ratio however there is some improvement in sex ratio of India. Lack of education and poverty in rural areas.

Sex Ratio of India as per 2001 Census Sex Ratio of India Rural Sex Ratio of India Urban Sex Ratio of India India Rural Urban 933 946 900

Sex Ratio of India 2011

State / Union Territory (U.T.) Uttar Pradesh Maharashtra Bihar West Bengal Andhra Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Tamil Nadu Rajasthan Karnataka Gujarat Odisha Kerala Jharkhand Assam Punjab Haryana Chhattisgarh Jammu and Kashmir Uttarakhand Himachal Pradesh Tripura Meghalaya Manipur Nagaland Goa Arunachal Pradesh Mizoram Sex Ratio 908 946 916 947 992 930 995 926 968 918 978 1,084 947 954 893 877 991 883 963 974 961 986 987 931 968 920 975

Sikkim Delhi Puducherry Chandigarh Andaman and Nicobar Islands Dadra and Nagar Haveli Daman and Diu Lakshadweep India

889 866 1,038 818 878 775 618 946 940

Population of india 1961 to 2003

Population projections
India is projected to overtake China as the world's most populous nation by 2030. India's population growth has raised concerns that it would lead to widespread unemployment and political instability. Source:

2020: 1,326,093,000 2030: 1,460,743,000 2040: 1,571,715,000 2050: 1,656,554,000